Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in the octogenarian: is it worthwhile?

Hypothesis: During the past decade, endovascular stent graft repair (EVSG) of abdominal aortic aneurysms has emerged as a less invasive and less morbid alternative to open surgical repair. We hypothesize that EVSG may become the treatment method of choice among patients older than 80 years.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Challenges of endovascular tube graft repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm: midterm follow-up and lessons learned.

Objectives: Endovascular stent-graft repair has great potential in treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms. This study analyzed a single center's experience with first-generation commercially produced thoracic stent grafts used to treat descending thoracic aortic aneurysms.

Methods: Over 58 months 84 patients underwent endovascular stent-graft repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms; 22 patients received the Gore TAG stent graft, and 62 patients received the Talent thoracic endovascular stent-graft system.

Endovascular stent graft repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms: a ten-year experience with 817 patients.

Objective: On November 23, 1992, the first endovascular stent graft (ESG) repair of an aortic aneurysm was performed in North America. Following the treatment of this patient, we have continued to evaluate ESG over the past 10 years in the treatment of 817 patients.

Summary And Background Data: Abdominal (AAA) or thoracic (TAA) aortic aneurysms are a significant health concern traditionally treated by open surgical repair.

Endovascular treatment of failed prior abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Failure of endovascular or conventional abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair may occur as a result of attachment site endoleak (type I) or paraanastomotic aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm formation. This study examined the results of the use of secondary endovascular grafts for the treatment of failed prior infrarenal AAA repair procedures. Forty-seven patients were treated with endovascular grafts.

A multicenter experience with the Talent endovascular graft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Objective: The Talent endovascular graft has been used in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in more than 13,000 patients worldwide. However, information regarding the results of its use has been limited. This report describes the experience with 368 patients with AAAs who underwent treatment at four medical centers as part of an investigator-sponsored investigational device exemption trial.